biopsy

as in vivisection

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Recent Examples of biopsy The tongue biopsies also found that genes associated with taste bud development and regrowth were different between the semaglutide and placebo groups. Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Feb. 2025 Arceneaux, a health-care worker with wavy auburn hair, pulled up the sleeves of her blue T-shirt, which was decorated with a rocket logo, to show me small scars from skin biopsies. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025 Yes, the organ had looked diseased, but a biopsy would need to confirm that. Matt Fuchs, Time, 9 Apr. 2025 Usually, a biopsy is required to get clonable cells, but the scientists had figured out a way to obtain them merely by drawing blood. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for biopsy

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“Biopsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biopsy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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